Courtesy of Politico, here is a link to the Kentucky Democratic presidential primary returns. The Republican results on the same page are old caucus results from March. The Kentucky Republican Party asked the state not to hold a presidential primary for itself.
Patrick Caddell has this opinion piece in The Hill, severely criticizing the Commission on Presidential Debates. The article would be better if it mentioned the two lawsuits now pending against the 15% polling policy.
On May 17, two presidential general election polls that included Gary Johnson were released, each polling only a single state. For the Oklahoma poll, conducted by Cole Hargrove, the results are: Donald Trump 48%, Hillary Clinton 28%, Gary Johnson 6%, undecided 18%.
For the New Mexico poll, conducted by Public Policy Polls, the results are: Hillary Clinton 41%, Donald Trump 33%, Gary Johnson 14%, undecided or other 12%. Thanks to E. Zachary Knight for the Oklahoma poll and Michael for the New Mexico poll.
On May 17, Connecticut’s Secretary of State announced that the state will automatically register every adult citizen known to exist. Oddly, the new policy was never authorized by any bill in the legislature. See this story. Persons who say they don’t want to be registered to vote will be allowed to decline registration. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
According to this story, former Massachusetts Governor William Weld may seek the Libertarian Party vice-presidential nomination, if the party nominates Gary Johnson for President. He was the Republican Governor of Massachusetts 1990-1998.
Weld has a history with the Libertarian Party. In 2006 he was a candidate for Governor of New York. He accepted the Libertarian Party nomination for that office, but he was also seeking the Republican nomination. When he failed to get the Republican nomination for Governor, he then withdrew entirely from the race, and the Libertarian Party had to find a new nominee.
